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Site Name: Western New York Children's Psychiatric Center

Department: Psychology

Department : Psychology

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Member Site Information
APPIC Member Number: 2567
Program Type: Internship
Membership Type: Provisional Membership
Site: Western New York Children's Psychiatric Center
Department: Psychology
Address: 1010 East and West Road
West Seneca, New York 14224
Country: United States
Metro Area: Not Applicable
Distance from Major City: 13 miles southwest of Buffalo, NY
Phone: 716-832-0720x6867
Fax: 716-832-5867
Email: kimberlee.hubbard@omh.ny.gov
Web Address: https://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/facilities/wcpc/
Brochure Website's Address: https://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/facilities/wcpc/
Primary Agency Type: State/County/Other Public Hospital
Additional Agency Types:
  • Other
Member of APPIC since:
Accreditation
APA Accreditation Not Accredited
CPA Accreditation Not Accredited
Internship Staff/Faculty Information
Training Director: Kimberlee Hubbard
Chief Psychologist: Kimberlee Hubbard
Number of Full-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty 4
Number of Part-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty 0
Position Information
Start Date: 08/22/2024
Funded
Number of Full Time Slots Expected Next Class: 2
Number of Part Time Slots Expected Next Class: 0
Stipend
Full Time Annual Stipend for Next Class: 39104
Part Time Annual Stipend for Next Class: 0
Fringe Benefits: Dental Insurance, Health Insurance, Professional Development Time, Sick Leave, Vacation
Other Fringe Benefits (not indicated above):
Brief description of the typical work day for an intern at this training site On the inpatient units, interns attend a morning treatment team meeting to discuss the previous 24 hours of patient activity and progress. The meeting is used as a time to plan as a team how to meet the established treatment plan goals/objectives. Interns will be acclimated to the unit, shadow their supervisor for a period of time and will be observed providing clinical and assessment services before functioning more autonomously. Interns conduct individual therapy with assigned patients, conduct group therapy at least once per week, and conduct family therapy sessions as determined by treatment plan. Under the supervision of a licensed psychologist, interns are responsible for all aspects of assigned patient's care from admission to discharge. This includes safety planning, lethality assessment, providing evidenced based treatment, case management and discharge planning. Interns are also involved in the milieu, modeling safe and prosocial behavior. The Psychology Doctoral Internship Training Program at Western New York Children’s Psychiatric Center (WNYCPC) experience was created to provide interns with a comprehensive, productive, and diverse experience with children and adolescents across a broad range of psychopathology, child/adolescent development, gender and cultural diversity. This extensive experience provides interns a solid foundation in which they may hone their skills and determine possible areas of specialization. The WNYCPC Internship begins the last Thursday in August and continues for a full calendar year, finishing on the last Wednesday in August. Interns generally work 40 hours a week with one late evening to accommodate families. Interns complete a 6 month rotation on the inpatient setting and a 6 month rotation at the Day Treatment Program at the Community Services site. After a comprehensive new employee orientation and orientation with the Director of Psychology Internship Training, interns will begin work with a treatment team on an inpatient unit or the Day Treatment Program. Each intern works in conjunction with a treatment team psychologist and functions as a member of the treatment team. Under close supervision, interns will learn documentation requirements within a Joint Commission accredited hospital setting. Interns will initially shadow their supervisors and will be observed in clinical tasks. Interns will work alongside their supervisor on up to four assigned individual primary therapist cases. This will include provision of individual and family therapy. Over the course of the rotation interns will increasingly gain more autonomy with the clinical cases (i.e. individual/family sessions). As part of their responsibilities, interns communicate directly with families and provide family consultation and therapy where clinically appropriate. The team psychologists are directly responsible for the supervision of the intern’s functioning within the team and meet with the intern for a minimum of two hours per week for supervision (i.e., reviewing all documentation as well as supervising all psychotherapy cases and group work). Interns also meet once weekly with the Director of Psychology Internship Training for group supervision. Therapeutic modalities include DBT, CBT, family systems and psychoeducational support for parents. Psychological assessment, report writing, and diagnostic presentations are an essential component of the WNYCPC Internship. Interns may be assigned Psychological Evaluations across all WNYCPC units/programs, ensuring that they will have experience with a variety of patients and interact across all multidisciplinary teams for psychodiagnostic testing feedback sessions. A cognitive assessment (review of records, brief IQ test, recommendations) is completed for every admitted patient. In addition, psychodiagnostic assessments are completed upon request from the unit psychiatrist. Interns will initially shadow their supervisors and will be observed while completing test administration, scoring and interpretation. Interns may complete assessments on their assigned unit and will have the opportunity to complete these assessments on the other units/programs. Interns may present findings to the respective treatment teams, family, and patient as therapeutically indicated. Interns could complete, at minimum, 20 psychological assessments (cognitive/psychodiagnostics) per year. All interns attend a weekly didactic seminars, which cover an array of topics relevant to developing independent psychologists.
Does this site have practicum psychology students on site? No
Is this program fully affiliated with one or more doctoral programs? No
Is this program partially affiliated with one or more doctoral programs? No
Internship Application Process
Accepting Applicants: Yes
Application Due Date: 12/02/2024 11:59 PM EST
Interviews at this site are: Optional
A Virtual Interview is: Optional
Interview notification date: 12/16/2024
Tentative interview date: 01/13/2025
Interview process description:

 

All applications are carefully reviewed by the Director of Psychology Internship Training. Applicants are notified if they have been chosen for an interview. Interviews take place in January, either virtually or on site by request. Applicants can expect the interview process to last approximately 2.5 hours. Applicants will participate in two interviews.  This site will be using the NMS interview scheduling feature this year.  One interview will be with the Director of Psychology Internship Training and the Day Treatment Licensed Psychologist (held virtually or at the Community Services site).  The other interview will be with two inpatient licensed psychologists (held virutally or at the inpatient site).   Candidates can also schedule a time to meet with the current interns to discuss practical matters related to the internship.   Upon completion of interviews, the Director of Psychology Internship Training and other clinical staff review and rank applicants. Ranks are submitted with the National Matching System in accordance with APPIC deadlines and processes.
How to obtain application info: Visit Website
Preferred method of contacting the program: Email the Program
We have matched with interns from these programs: University at Buffalo Roberts Wesleyan
Internship Applicant Requirements
US Citizenship Required: Yes
If NOT a U.S. Citizen, Authorization to Work or to Engage in Practical Training (CPT or OPT) in the US is Required: No
Canadian Citizenship Required: No
If NOT a Canadian Citizen, Authorization to Work in Canada or to Engage in Practical Training (CPT or OPT) in Canada is Required: No
Masters Degree Required: Yes, by application deadline
Comprehensive Exams Passed: Yes, by application deadline
Dissertation Proposal Approved: Yes, by start of internship
Dissertation Defended: No
Minimum Number of AAPI Intervention Hours (if applicable): 325
Minimum Number of AAPI Assessment Hours (if applicable): 75
Minimum Number of Combined Intervention and Assessment Hours (if applicable):
Minimum Number of Years of Grad Training Required (if applicable): 4
Accepted / Not-Accepted Program Types
Clinical Psychology Accepted
Counseling Psychology Accepted
School Psychology Accepted
APA-Accredited Accepted
CPA-Accredited Accepted
PCSAS-Accredited Not Accepted
Non-Accredited Not Accepted
Ph.D Degree Accepted
Psy.D. Degree Accepted
Ed.D. Degree Not Accepted
This institution, department, internship, or postdoctoral program requires trainees to sign a statement about personal behavior and/or religious beliefs as a condition of admission and/or retention in the program: No
How to obtain text of statement:
Other Requirements:
Program Description

Western New York Children’s Psychiatric Center (WNYCPC) is a New York State Office of Mental Health facility that provides compassionate and comprehensive care for children, adolescents, and their families.  The WNYCPC mission is to provide effective treatments which support hope and recovery for children and adolescents with significant psychiatric and behavioral challenges.  The facility’s mission underscores its commitments to the highest standard of patient care and excellence in clinical training.  WNYCPC strives to honor our values and principles by providing: youth guided and family driven treatment, data driven quality improvement, healing supported by culture, traditions and beliefs, and a therapeutic environment that is non-coercive, trauma sensitive and violence free. The Psychology Discipline of WNYCPC is committed to providing the highest professional standards in the performance of all services provided.  

 

The aim of our internship training is to provide interns with comprehensive clinical training in the delivery of empirically based, culturally competent, individualized clinical services to children, adolescents, families, and communities. The Western New York Children’s Psychiatric Center Psychology Doctoral Internship Training Program aligns with the mission of WNY CPC to deliver the best clinical practices within a safe and therapeutic setting.

WNYCPC is committed to working with children and adolescents with severe and persistent mental illness by providing comprehensive care; this encompasses the emotional, social and academic needs of each child/adolescent at the hospital and in the community setting. WNYCPC works closely with the individual child/adolescent, their families and their school districts to best meet each individual’s needs and to help them to sustain their gains when returning to the community as they step down from the intensive therapeutic setting of the hospital. Our interns function within all of these systems including working both inpatient and outpatient, with families, school districts and community agencies. The WNYCPC Doctoral Internship Training Program goals include enhancing professional development under supervision of a Licensed Psychologist and to provide a means for each intern to develop and mature in their professional identity as a clinician and as a member of a clinical team. By the end of the internship year, interns are capable of providing the full range of services needed to work as clinical psychologists treating children and adolescents with complex, multilayered difficulties across both inpatient and outpatient populations.

 

Internship Training Opportunities

Populations
Infants:
Toddlers:
Children: Yes
Adolescents: Yes
Adults:
Family: Yes
Older Adults: Yes
Inpatients: Yes
Outpatients: Yes
Gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender: Yes
Ethnic minorities: Yes
Spanish-speaking:
French-speaking:
Deaf/Hearing-impaired:
Students: Yes
International Students:
Rural: Yes
Urban: Yes
Low income: Yes
Homelessness: Yes
Other:

(training opportunities continued)

Treatment Modalities
Assessment: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Individual Therapy: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Couples Therapy: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Family Therapy: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Group Therapy: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Community Intervention: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Consultation/Liaison: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Crisis Intervention: Experience (21% to 30%)
Brief Psychotherapy: Experience (21% to 30%)
Long-term Psychotherapy: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Cognitive Rehabilitation: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Primary Care: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Evidenced Based Practice: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Evidence Based Research: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Supervision of Practicum students : Exposure (1% to 20%)
Other:

(training opportunities continued)

Experience
Health Psychology:
Women's Health:
HIV/AIDS:
Eating Disorders: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Sexual Disorders: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Sports Psychology:
Rehabilitation Psychology:
Physical Disabilities:
Learning Disabilities: Experience (21% to 30%)
Developmental Disabilities: Experience (21% to 30%)
Assessment: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Neuropsychology-Adult:
Neuropsychology-Child:
Serious Mental Illness: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Anxiety Disorders: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Trauma/PTSD: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Sexual Abuse: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Substance Use Disorders: Experience (21% to 30%)
Forensics/Corrections: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Sexual Offenders:
Geropsychology:
Pediatrics:
School:
Counseling:
Vocational/Career Development:
Multicultural Therapy:
Feminist Therapy:
Religion/Spirituality: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Empirically-Supported Treatments: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Public Policy/Advocacy:
Program Development/Evaluation:
Supervision: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Research:
Administration:
Integrated health care - primary:
Integrated health care - specialty:
Other:

Additional information about training opportunities: Not all rotations or training experiences may be available as described in the APPIC Directory. Please consult the program's application materials or their website at: https://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/facilities/wcpc/  for a complete description of the training opportunities available at this training site. IF the site has not updated their information by August 1, feel free to contact the Training Director for additional information.

Summary of the Characteristics of the Specified Internship Class
2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024
Number of Completed Applications: 4
Number of applicants invited for interviews: 4
Total number of interns: 2
Total number of interns from APA/CPA accredited programs: 2
Total number of interns from Ph.D. programs: 1
Total number of interns from Psy.D. programs: 1
Total number of interns from Ed.D. programs: 0
Number of interns that come from a Clinical Psychology program 1
Number of interns that come from a Counseling Psychology program
Number of interns that come from a School Psychology program 1
Range of integrated assessment reports: lowest number of reports written 13
Range of integrated assessment reports: highest number of reports written 81
Summary of Post Internship Employment Settings of Each Internship Class (1st Placement)
2022-2023
Academic teaching:
Community mental health center: 0
Consortium: 0
University Counseling Center: 0
Hospital/Medical Center: 0
Veterans Affairs Health Care System: 0
Psychiatric facility: 0
Correctional facility: 0
Health Maintenance Organization: 0
School district/system: 0
Independent practice setting: 0
Other (Academic Psychology Department): 0
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